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  1. If very cold air is brought indoors and warmed with no change in its moisture content, the saturation vapor pressure of this air will______ and the relative humidity of this air will_____ .

  2. A.

     Increase, increase

    B.

     Decrease, decrease

    C.

     Increase, decrease

    D.

     Decrease, increase


  3. Which of the following helps to explain why even though northern latitudes experience 24 hours of sunlight on June 22, they are not warmer than latitudes further south?

  4. A.

     Solar energy is spread over a larger area in northern latitudes

    B.

     Some of the sun's energy is reflected by snow and ice in the northern latitudes

    C.

     Increased cloud cover reflects solar energy in the northern latitudes

    D.

     Solar energy is used to melt frozen soil in the northern latitudes

    E.

     All of the above


  5. Ozone hole was first discovered in

  6. A.

     Africa

    B.

     Antarctica

    C.

     India

    D.

     Europe


  7. The world's biggest GHG emitter is

  8. A.

     China

    B.

     USA

    C.

     India

    D.

     South Africa


  9. Where was the Stockholm conference on Human Environment held?

  10. A.

     Sweden

    B.

     Austria

    C.

     India

    D.

     Greece


  11. One third of the global cases of Tuberculosis is in

  12. A.

     Britain

    B.

     Sweden

    C.

     India

    D.

     China


  13. The biggest award for environmental activities in India is given in the name of an individual. In whose name is it constituted?

  14. A.

     Lal Bahadur Shasthri

    B.

     Morarji Desai

    C.

     Indira Gandhi

    D.

     Kamaraj


  15. Water pollution is due to

  16. A.

     agricultural discharges

    B.

     sewage and other wastes

    C.

     industrial effluents

    D.

     all of the above


  17. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 0.4 and 0.7 micrometers is called:

  18. A.

     Ultraviolet light

    B.

     Visible light

    C.

     Infrared light

    D.

     Microwaves


  19. Which of the following has a wavelength shorter than that of violet light?

  20. A.

     Green light

    B.

     Blue light

    C.

     Infrared radiation

    D.

     Red light

    E.

     Ultraviolet radiation